Frank Slootweg on 19 Jan 2019 17:52:39 GMT
typed in alt.windows7.general the following:
pyotr filipivich wrote:

[Myriad of problems when using robocopy to make backup of C:.]

It seems to me that robocopy is not the best tool for making backup of
a system drive (C.

I've always used a real backup program, i.e. a program designed for
that purpose - for the last five years Cobian Backup - and I have never
had the kind of problems you describe.

robocopy ('Robust File Copy for Windows') is a copy program, not a
backup program.

Perhaps using the right tool for the job will result in less
"screaming", "the way Microsoft rolls", "Fnord", "Arrgh.", etc.! :-)

Maybe I should n't have said "backup". Because I knew that all I
was doing was making copies of the files on the external drive.
"Someday" I will get around to making a True Backup(tm).

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pyotr filipivich
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